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Neutral third: Music, Occurrence in human music & Overview

A neutral third, (also known as a submajor third, or a superminor third), is a musical interval wider than a minor third playⓘ but narrower than a major third playⓘ. It is called the neutral third in 24-Tone Equal Temperament, and the submajor third, or the superminor third, in Just Intonation. It was named neutral third by Jan Pieter Land in 1880. Land…

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Neutral third topic overview

The analysis highlights Music, Occurrence in human music and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Neutral third.

Related topics
38
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
41
Extracted relationships
40
Concept neighborhoods
25
Bridge connections
41

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 20 topics
Occurrence in human music · 16 topics
In equal temperaments · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

24-Tone equal temperament
350
Abbreviation
n3
Interval class
~3½
Inverse
neutral sixth
Just interval
11:9, 27:22, or 16:13
Just intonation
347, 355, or 359

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Occurrence in human music

In equal temperaments

  • 34-ET 34 equal temperament
  • 53-ET 53 equal temperament

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Neutral third connects Entity context

The extracted context around Neutral third shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Neutral third → American, Arab, Claudius Ptolemy, Georgian, Harmonikon, Neutral, The, Undecimal Another extracted example is Neutral third → ET, Thai, The, This, Two, Ugandan Chopi. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Neutral third

Top relations

related to In traditional music · 8
Neutral third → American, Arab, Claudius Ptolemy, Georgian, Harmonikon, Neutral, The, Undecimal
related to In equal temperaments · 6
Neutral third → ET, Thai, The, This, Two, Ugandan Chopi
related to In modern classical Western music · 4
Neutral third → Charles Ives, Gayle Young, James Tenney, The
related to In contemporary popular music · 2
Neutral third → Blue, Similarly
related to In infants' song · 2
Neutral third → In, Infants
24-Tone equal temperament · 1
Neutral third → 350
Abbreviation · 1
Neutral third → n3
Interval class · 1
Neutral third → ~3½
Inverse · 1
Neutral third → neutral sixth
Just interval · 1
Neutral third → 11:9, 27:22, or 16:13

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

neutral third cents 11 two thirds minor major ratio equal play intervals music also temperament just found displaystyle harmonic interval

Neutral third relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 40 structured relationships around Neutral third. Examples in this analysis include Neutral third → 24-Tone equal temperament → 350 and Neutral third → Abbreviation → n3. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Neutral third24-Tone equal temperament3501.00infobox
Neutral thirdAbbreviationn31.00infobox
Neutral thirdInterval class~3½1.00infobox
Neutral thirdInverseneutral sixth1.00infobox
Neutral thirdJust interval11:9, 27:22, or 16:131.00infobox
Neutral thirdJust intonation347, 355, or 3591.00infobox
Neutral thirdOther names1.00infobox
Neutral thirdSemitones~3½1.00infobox
31-ETinstance ofas well as in tunings0.80text
41-ETinstance ofas well as in tunings0.80text
or 72-ETinstance ofas well as in tunings0.80text
which more closely approximate just intonationinstance ofas well as in tunings0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Neutral third bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Third, Thirds and Two. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Neutral third
    • Third
    • Thirds
    • Two
    • Also
    • Cents
    • Music
    • Equal
    • Found
    • Ratio
    • Major
    • Minor
    • Tones
  • neutral third
    • Third
    • Thirds
    • Two
    • Also
    • Cents
    • Music
    • Equal
    • Found
    • Ratio
    • Major
    • Minor
    • Tones
  • minor third
    • Major
    • Mediant
    • Third
    • Thirds
    • Two
    • Neutral
    • Music
    • Found
    • Ratio
    • Scale
    • Tones
    • Pitch
  • major third
    • Minor
    • Mediant
    • Third
    • Thirds
    • Two
    • Neutral
    • Music
    • Found
    • Ratio
    • Scale
    • Tones
    • Pitch
  • septimal major third
    • Minor
    • Mediant
    • Third
    • Thirds
    • Two
    • Neutral
    • Music
    • Found
    • Ratio
    • Scale
    • Tones
    • Pitch
  • septimal minor third
    • Major
    • Mediant
    • Third
    • Thirds
    • Two
    • Neutral
    • Music
    • Found
    • Ratio
    • Scale
    • Tones
    • Pitch
  • 12 equal temperament
    • Temperament
    • Quarter
    • Tone
    • Intonation
    • Interval
    • Just
    • Neutral
    • Found
    • Music
    • Third
    • Cents
    • Thirds
  • in equal temperaments
    • Temperament
    • Intonation
    • Quarter
    • Tone
    • Interval
    • Just
    • Neutral
    • Found
    • Third
    • Cents
    • Music
    • Thirds

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Neutral third, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Neutral third with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Neutral thirdOverview · splits 21 ⟂ 21
Neutral thirdOccurrence in human music · splits 25 ⟂ 17
Neutral thirdIn equal temperaments · splits 39 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Neutral third

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples40
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Neutral third to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Music, Occurrence in human music & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Neutral third · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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